Hibah Shaikh’s impressive run at the ITF W35 tournament in Loule, Portugal, concluded last week in a hard-fought final, but the American’s performance is set to vault her into a new career-high ranking. Shaikh, who entered the tournament ranked 531st in the world, ultimately fell to South Korea’s Yeonwoo Ku, the world No. 302, with…
Owners and agents looking for racing stock continue to be major buyers of weanlings during the ongoing Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, with two $550,000 purchases that topped the Nov. 5 session weanling offerings going to end users. Pinhooker and bloodstock agent Randy Hartley, with Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds, bought the first of the two, a filly…
Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism will race next year before he retires to stud at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud, according to Aron Wellman of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, one of the colt’s co-owners. The decision to race in 2026 was widely expected after Coolmore did not mention Journalism in a Nov. 4 press release noting fees for its…
The breed-shaping Dubawi and his champion sire son Night of Thunder headline Darley’s 2026 European roster at fees of £350,000 and €200,000, respectively. It has been another excellent year for the Darley stallions as between them they have sired the winners of 19 group/grade 1s, 66 group races, and 125 stakes contests including the Prince…
Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism will race next year before he retires to stud at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud, one of his owners, Don Alberto Stable, confirmed on social media Nov. 5. The decision to race in 2026 was widely expected after Coolmore did not mention Journalism in a Nov. 4 press release noting fees for its…
Claiborne Farm’s first-crop sire Silver State sired his first black-type stakes winner Nov. 2 when his son El Consistente won the Clasico Angel Tomas Cordero Jr. Stakes by 5 lengths at Camarero Race Track. The race, rated locally as grade 2 stakes, is the colt’s third win from four starts for owner Denian Stable. Forever…
The breed-shaping Dubawi and his champion sire son Night of Thunder headline Darley’s 2026 roster at fees of £350,000 and €200,000, respectively. It has been another excellent year for the Darley stallions as between them they have sired the winners of 19 group/grade 1s, 66 group races and 125 stakes contests including the Prince of…
The Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF) is proud to announce the appointment of Craig Bandoroff and Ken Freirich to its Board of Directors. Their addition marks another step forward in PDJF’s ongoing mission to support jockeys who have suffered catastrophic on-track injuries. Craig Bandoroff, founder of Denali Stud in Paris, Kentucky, and a former jockey, is…
Ace Bloodstock, under the name Raging Torrent Syndicate, struck early during the Nov. 5 second session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, going to $1.3 million for multiple graded stakes-placed Anywho (Hip 290). Grovendale Sales offered the 5-year-old Bolt d’Oro daughter who is in foal to leading sire Not This Time . Brookfield Stud bred the mare…
A stellar line-up will contest the 2025 Longines International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley Racecourse on Wednesday, Dec. 10, with those invited including five previous winners—Ryan Moore, Zac Purton, Mickael Barzalona, Joao Moreira and Christophe Lemaire. Moore’s participation in this year’s edition will be subject to Moore’s final confirmation given that the two-time Longines IJC…
